Hostel Accommodation

Government Eden Hindu Hostel

The Government Eden Hindu Hostel is now 127 years old. In 1886 it started as an undergraduate Boy's hostel of Presidency College, Kolkata. In order to accommodate postgraduate students and research scholars of Presidency College, this heritage building was extended in 1988. This hostel is one of the largest hostels of this country. Among its many illustrious boarders, the hostel counts the first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad.

The hostel is divided into six wards and houses two hundred and seventy four boarders including both undergraduate and post graduate students. Students of this hostel participate actively in sports such as football, cricket, volleyball and table tennis.

Tournaments are held seasonally and the Annual Athletic meet was also started from 2005. Besides sports, the boarders organize different cultural activities such as Saraswati Puja, reunion, fresher's welcome and farewell ceremony. The hostel has two libraries, one for text books and the other for fiction and valuable journals. It also has its own hostel mess system.

Presidency University Girls' Hostel

Presidency University Girls' Hostel is now fourteen years old. It provides accommodation to the girl students coming from distant places in a secure and safe environment. The hostel comprises 91 boarders that include students of undergraduate and of postgraduate classes.

The hostel has its own well-stocked library and its recreation centre. The vertical extension of the existing hostel building has already been started to increase accommodation.